Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, Quebec has reached the fourth round of the 2024 French Open. On Saturday in a North American battle, Auger-Aliassime, the 21st seed upset the 15th seed Ben Shelton of the United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.
The difference in the match was the fact that Auger-Aliassine saw Shelton’s serve much better than Shelton saw Auger-Aliassime’s serve. Auger-Aliassime broke Shelton six out of 11 opportunities, while Shelton did not have a break point opportunity throughout the entire contest. It was quite simply a dominant performance for Auger-Aliassime, who won 86% of the points on his first serve, and 77% of the points on his second serve. Of the 154 total points, Auger-Aliassime won 92.
Next up for Auger-Aliassime, the 2021 United States Open semifinalist is two-time grand slam champion, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Alcaraz won the United States Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023.
Head-to-head, Auger-Aliassime has won three of five matches. Auger-Aliassime won 6-3, 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the United States Open in 2021, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 at the 2022 Davis Cup in Spain, and 6-3, 6-32 in the semifinals of Basel in 2022. Alcaraz has won the last two meetings. The first came in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells in 2023, by a score of 6-4, 6-4. The second came in the third round of Indian Wells in 2024, by a score of 6-2, 6-3.
